Marks of Identity

Name: Marks of Identity
Author: Juan Goytisolo
ISBN: 9781564784537

by Juan Goytisolo

352 pages2007Dalkey Archive PressISBN 9781564784537

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An exile returns to Spain from France to find that he is repelled by the fascism of Franco's Spain and drawn to the world of Muslim culture. In <i>Marks of Identity</i>, Juan Goytisolo, one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, speaks for a generation of Spaniards who were small children during the Spanish Civil War, grew up under a stifling dictatorship, and, in many cases, emigrated in desperation from their dying country. Upon his return, the narrator confronts the most controversial political, religious, social, and sexual issues of our time with ferocious energy and elegant prose. Torn between the Islamic and European worlds around him, he finds both ultimately unsatisfactory. In the end, only displacement survives.

Publication Details

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2007
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9781564784537
Language: en

About Juan Goytisolo

Juan Goytisolo Gay (Barcelona, 5 de enero de 1931-Marrakech, 4 de junio de 2017) fue un escritor e intelectual español. Considerado como el narrador más importante de la Generación del medio siglo, su obra abarca novelas, libros de cuentos y de viajes, ensayos y poesía. En 2014 le fue concedido el Premio Cervantes, máximo galardón de las letras en lengua castellana. Era hermano de los también escritores José Agustín Goytisolo (1928-1999) y Luis Goytisolo (1935). ---------- Juan Goytisolo Gay (Barcelona, 5 January 1931–Marrakesh, 4 June 2017) was a Spanish writer and intellectual. Considered the most important narrator of the Mid-Century Generation, his work includes novels, short story and travel books, essays and poetry. In 2014, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the highest award in Spanish-language literature. He was the brother of fellow writers José Agustín Goytisolo (1928–1999) and Luis Goytisolo (1935).